Comedic actor and physician who is perhaps best known for his role as Leslie Chow in The Hangover series. In the popular NBC series Community, he portrayed Ben Chang. He also appeared in the 2008 comedy Pineapple Express, the 2011 blockbuster Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the 2016 comedy Ride Along 2 and the 2015 high school comedy The Duff.
He competed on the IQ team and played the violin while attending Walter Hines Page High School, which he graduated from at age 16. Prior to his acting career, he attended Duke University with the intention of gaining a medical degree.
He performed at the Laugh Factory in West Los Angeles early in his acting career.
His father, D.K. Jeong, worked as a professor at North Carolina A&T State University. He married Tran Ho, who is also a physician. They raised their twin daughters, Zooey and Alexa, in Southern California.
He co-starred with Steve Carell in an episode of The Office and in the Despicable Me film series.
